Section 30-11-506 - Auctioneer's authority from the sellerAn auctioneer, in the absence of special authority or usage, has authority from the seller only as follows:
(1) to sell by public auction to the highest bidder;(2) to sell for cash only, except for articles usually sold on credit at auction;(3) to warrant as an agent pursuant to 28-10-421;(4) to prescribe reasonable rules and terms of sale;(5) to deliver the thing sold upon payment of the price;(6) to collect the price; and(7) to do whatever else is necessary, proper, and usual in the ordinary course of business for effecting these purposes.En. Sec. 3160, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5461, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7976, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2362; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1264; re-en. Sec. 7976, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 66-201, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 74-706 by Sec. 6, Ch. 263, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 74-706.